Maurice C Hall, Willard H Wright and colleagues launched a series of studies that demonstrated the extent of human trichinosis in the U.S.
On Aug. 19, 1938, Maurice C. Hall, Willard H. Wright and colleagues published Studies in Trichinoisis that demonstrated the extent of human trichinosis in the U.S. and contributed to methods for its control.
Trichinellosis is a disease occurring in humans and other animals as a result of eating meat containing small roundworms of the parasite Trichinella spiralis.
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Source: American Journal of Public Health
Credit: Photo: Microscopy image of trichinellosis parasite. Courtesy: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
